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The actress will return to her role of Debbie Webster on the Cobbles - the sister of show staple Kevin Webster - after a 34- year absence.

But on her return to the city, she railed against the amount of people she has seen living on the streets, claiming it is at “epidemic” levels as she demanded action.

Sue said: “Manchester! I love spending time in you! You are my favourite city.

“But why are the streets paved with the vulnerable, the needy, the forgotten and the invisible? More than ever before? #epidemic #centrepoint #poverty #breadline #care.”

Sue’s character Debbie arrived in Weatherfield in the 1980s not long after her screen brother Kevin, played by soap legend Michael Le Vell, who has starred in the soap for 36 years.

The actress took to Twitter to voice her concerns (Image: TWITTER)

But Sue, 52, stayed for just seven months before her character was written out.

The star - who was born in Ashton-under-Lyne but now lives near Blackburn - is delighted to be returning to the show but was shocked by the state of the city’s streets as she got stuck into filming for the ITV show.

The actress - who also appeared in telly favourites including Casaulty, Dinnerladies and Shameless - highlighted the plight of a lad called Darren who she met, who has been homeless for three years.

She said on Instagram: “From the age of 15 he spent every day in the bookies, gambling on the horses and dogs.

“He once won 23 grand at the casino but lost it that very same night on the tables.

“He showed me his stab wounds and where he’s been sleeping.

“As I was leaving, I gave him a bit of money.

Sue is delighted to return to Coronation street but shocked at the state of the city's streets (Image: ITV)

“I asked him to spend half of it on food and hygiene and the rest on what he wanted. The bookies was probably beckoning.”

A report earlier this year revealed that more homeless people (21) died in Manchester than in any other local authority in England and Wales in 2017.

It was the first set of national statistics detailing the pattern of deaths among rough sleepers and those living in homeless shelters.

Some of Sue’s followers were quick to praise the small screen star for shedding some light on the key issue.

One said: “Need to get people off streets and into a warm bed... and if I ever come into any money homelessness is the first thing I would help.”